Republicans saw immigration as a winning midterm rallying cry, and the Central American caravan hitting cable TV created an opening for the president. Politico

Trump admits he has ‘no proof’ of ‘Middle Easterners’ in caravan, ‘but there could very well be’. ABC News

A white woman accosted a family speaking Spanish at a Virginia restaurant, demanding they show their passports and shouting vulgarities. The Guardian

The Trump administration is considering whether to grant a South Carolina request that would effectively allow faith-based foster care agencies in the state the ability to deny Jewish parents from fostering children in its network. The Intercept

Steve King (R-Iowa) visited Austria in August and gave an extensive interview to a far-right publication there in which he spelled out, in clearer and more shocking terms than he ever has before, his white nationalist worldview. HuffPost

No ‘foreign’ names for children, Dear Abby advised. Furious parents replied. New York Times

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